DOJ adds firing squads, electrocution and lethal gas for death penalty ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced new execution protocols, adding firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation to the methods used for federal executions. This move follows ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced last week it will implement firing squad executions for federal prisoners.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Next month, the state of Florida will officially be allowed to use new means of executing prisoners on death row — with some caveats. That’s because of a state law (HB 903) that’s ...

The Justice Department also said it was reviving a lethal injection protocol used during President Donald Trump’s first term.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, listens to a bill on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) After an ...

The Justice Department also reauthorized the use of a death penalty drug, and will seek to shorten the length of some legal ...

A scheduled execution in Texas has drawn attention for its broader implications on fairness in capital punishment and the types of evidence used in trials. The development coincides with the Justice ...

Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. It's a unique situation globally. While many nations are ...